In 1879, a Japanese spy was sent to China for intelligence reconnaissance. Disguised as a Chinese, he conducted a five-month field reconnaissance of Shanghai, Tianjin, Beijing, Inner Mongolia and other areas.
After returning to China, he made the following judgment on the Qing Dynasty: "One of the fatal weaknesses of the Qing Dynasty is the blatant bribery and bribery, which is the source of all evil. However, the Qing people did not reflect on this, from the emperor's ministers to the soldiers and pawns, all of which were incurable diseases of the Qing dynasty, and such a country was not an opponent of Japan at all. ”
Sure enough, in the ensuing Sino-Japanese War, the fiasco of the Qing Dynasty uncontroversially validated this prophecy.
This Japanese spy was Yasumasa Fukushima, who became known as the "father of Japanese spies".
Yasusumasa Fukushima is a Japanese Army general. He was a conspirator and strategist with a forward-looking vision. He was the first to make the appalling remark that "Japan's defensive line is on the Korean Peninsula and Chinese mainland."
In Fukushima's eyes, the really valuable information is by no means obtained from books and documents. He believes that "it is better to see a hundred things than to see them", and only by seeing them in person can we grasp the real situation. With this belief, he has been going overseas for many years to do research, and has made reasonable judgments about a country with a keen eye.
The highlight of Fukushima's life was the Russo-Japanese War. In 1891, in order to grasp the actual situation of Russia's eastward policy, Fukushima decided to conduct field reconnaissance along the Trans-Siberian Railway himself. This plan shocked everyone, you know, even a native Russian, did not dare to easily cross Siberia during the harsh winter, let alone a person who had not lived in a cold region. As soon as this statement came out, people all over the world waited to see his joke.
But Fukushima knew in his heart what the plan meant for Japan. In 1892, Fukushima set out from Germany and headed north in the freezing cold of minus 20 degrees. Arrived in Moscow in April, where he was received by the Tsar. He watched as he moved forward. In late September, Fukushima reached the Altai Mountains on the Sino-Russian border. By this point, he was halfway there.
In 1893, with amazing perseverance, Fukushima walked out of Siberia in the cold of minus 50 degrees, and went south along the Heilongjiang River into China. The journey through Siberia lasted 488 days and covered 14,000 kilometers, creating a miracle in the history of scouting.
First-hand information obtained on Fukushima during the crossing became a key factor in Japan's victory in the Russo-Japanese War.
During the Russo-Japanese War, Fukushima was in charge of intelligence work and established a complete intelligence network. Under his vocal command, the plan proceeded in an orderly manner, and he obtained a large amount of valuable intelligence for the Japanese side.
Not long ago, a Russian media published an article saying that in the Russo-Japanese War, Russia lost the intelligence war.
In 1914, Yasumasa Fukushima, who had little combat experience, was promoted to general of the Army, becoming Japan's first general in the field of intelligence.